Wounds infection control

The goals of therapy for infected pressure sores include resolution of infection, promotion of wound healing, and establishment of effective infection control.38... 

For most bacteria, use infection control guidelines standard precautions. If appropriate, or the identity of the bacteria is unknown, use additional droplet and airborne precautions. Avoid direct contact with wounds or wound drainage. 

Use infection control guidelines standard precautions. Avoid direct contact with wounds or wound drainage. 

The Study of the Efficacy of Nosocomial Infection Control (SENIC) identified four independent risk factors for postoperative wound infections operations on the abdomen, operations lasting more than 2 hours, contaminated or dirty wound classification, and at least three medical diagnoses. Patients with at least two SENIC risk factors who undergo clean surgical procedures have an increased risk of developing surgical wound infections and should receive antimicrobial prophylaxis. 

Garibaldi, R.A. et al., The impact of pre-operative skin disinfection on preventing intraoperative wound contamination. Infect. Control. Hosp. Epidemiol. 9, 109-113, 1988. 

These products are also used in aromatherapy. See Ranganna, S., Govin-darajan, V.S., and Ramana, K.V., Citrus fruits — varieties, chemistry, technology, and quality evaluation. A chemistry, Crit. Rev. Food Sci. Nutri. 18, 313-386, 1983 Kalemba, D. and Kunicka, A., Antibacterial and antifungal properties of essential oils, Curr. Med. Chem. 10, 813-829, 2003 Halcon, L. and Milkus, K., Staphyloccus aureus and wounds a review of tea tree oil as a promising antimicrobial, Amer. J. Infect. Control 32, 402-408, 2004. 

B S Atiyen, M Costi ola, S N Hayek and S A Dibo, Effect of alver on bum wound infection control and healing Review of the literature , Korean J Dermatology, 2008 46(12) 1595- 1602. 

The world herilth organization estimalcs that 80% of the world population are today giving more importance to natural medicine in primary health care control. Natural substances like psyllium seeds, aloe vera, oats, guar gum, chitosan and alginate are found to be useful in treating heart disease, wound infection control, pain relief, asthma treatment and other health related problems. Major pharmaceutical companies are currently... 

There are other areas where opportunities exist to improve allograft and xenograft performance. For example, device-related infections are a costly complication in soft tissue repair procedures such as abdominal wall repair. The local delivery of antibiotics may reduce postsurgical infections. The TYRX mesh now marketed by Medtronic/ Covidien delivers antibiotics to the subcutaneous pocket following implantation of a pacing device. The incorporation of antibiotics or other antimicrobial agents such as lysostaphin, as by Stishkumar et al., may represent an innovative approach to infection control particularly in contaminated and infected wounds. 

Sabitha, M. and Rajiv, S. (2014) Preparation and characterization of ampicillin-incorporated electrospun polyurethane scaffolds for wound healing and infection control. Polym. Eng. Sci. doi 10.1002/pen.23917... 

Atiyeh B.S. CostagUola M., Hayek S.N. and Dibo S. A. (2007), Effect of silver on bum wound infection control and healing Review of the Uteratnre, Bums, 33 (2), March 2007,139-148. 

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